Pray, Share, and Advocate for Sendong Victims

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"There is a shortage of child coffins."

This is something that really shocked me upon hearing in the news about the devastation caused by typhoon "Sendong."  A few days before Christmas, and families are grieving. Many will be spending Christmas in evacuation centers with the fear of shortage of food, water, and clothing.  As of this writing the death toll is already 1,000. It's worse than Ondoy.

In a time like this, we can do the following:

1. Pray. Let us lift up to the Lord all those who died and are suffering because of the calamity.  We pray for God to comfort them, give them hope, and heal them. We pray for people to open their hearts and give generously to the victims.

2. Share. It is not enough to be thankful that God spared most of us from the typhoon, we must translate our gratitude into an act of sharing.  At any other time, in another circumstance, we could have been in their place. "Love your neighbor, as you love yourself (Mark 12:31)."

3. Advocate. Encourage others to also pray and share. Apathy has no place in a time like this.  It only takes one person to inspire another to do something great for others.

Pray, share, and advocate for the Sendong victims. Hear the Lord say, "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink...(Matthew 25:35)"

Donations are now being accepted online at www.cfchomeoffice.com/sendong